Document Outline

• Veritas Cluster Server Installation Guide
• Technical Support
• Contents
• 1. Introducing Veritas Cluster Server
  • About Veritas Cluster Server
  • About VCS basics
    • About multiple nodes
    • About shared storage
    • About LLT and GAB
    • About network channels for heartbeating
    • About preexisting network partitions
    • About VCS seeding
  • About VCS features
    • Veritas Installation Assessment Service
    • About VCS notifications
    • About global clusters
    • About I/O fencing
  • About VCS optional components
    • About Symantec Product Authentication Service (AT)
    • About Cluster Manager (Java Console)
    • About Veritas Cluster Server Management Console
    • About VCS Simulator
• 2. Planning to install VCS
  • About planning to install VCS
  • Hardware requirements
    • Required disk space
  • Supported operating systems
    • Required Linux RPMs for VCS
  • Supported software
• 3. Preparing to install VCS
  • About preparing to install VCS
  • Preparing to configure the clusters in secure mode
    • Installing the root broker for the security infrastructure
    • Creating authentication broker accounts on root broker system
    • Creating encrypted files for the security infrastructure
    • Preparing the installation system for the security infrastructure
  • Performing preinstallation tasks
    • Obtaining VCS license keys
    • Setting up the private network
    • Configuring SuSE network interfaces
    • Setting up inter-system communication
    • Setting up shared storage
    • Setting the PATH variable
    • Setting the MANPATH variable
    • Setting the kernel.panic tunable
    • Optimizing LLT media speed settings on private NICs
    • Guidelines for setting the media speed of the LLT interconnects
    • Mounting the product disc
    • Performing automated pre-installation check
• 4. Installing and configuring VCS
  • About installing and configuring VCS
  • Getting your VCS installation and configuration information ready
    • Optional VCS RPMs
  • About the VCS installation program
    • Optional features of the installvcs program
    • Interacting with the installvcs program
    • About installvcs program command options
    • Installing VCS using installonly option
    • Configuring VCS using configure option
  • Installing and configuring VCS 5.0 RU3
    • Overview of tasks
    • Starting the software installation
    • Specifying systems for installation
    • Licensing VCS
    • Choosing VCS RPMs for installation
    • Choosing to install VCS RPMs or configure VCS
    • Starting the software configuration
    • Specifying systems for configuration
    • Configuring the basic cluster
    • Configuring the cluster in secure mode
    • Adding VCS users
    • Configuring SMTP email notification
    • Configuring SNMP trap notification
    • Configuring global clusters
    • Installing VCS RPMs
    • Creating VCS configuration files
    • Starting VCS
    • Completing the installation
    • About enabling LDAP authentication for clusters that run in secure mode
    • Installing the Java Console
    • Installing VCS Simulator
    • Verifying the cluster after installation
  • Verifying and updating licenses on the system
    • Checking licensing information on the system
    • Updating product licenses using vxlicinst
  • Accessing the VCS documentation
• 5. Configuring VCS clusters for data integrity
  • About configuring VCS clusters for data integrity
  • About I/O fencing components
    • About data disks
    • About coordination points
  • About setting up disk-based I/O fencing
  • Preparing to configure disk-based I/O fencing
    • Initializing disks as VxVM disks
    • Identifying disks to use as coordinator disks
    • Checking shared disks for I/O fencing
  • Setting up disk-based I/O fencing manually
    • Setting up coordinator disk groups
    • Creating I/O fencing configuration files
    • Modifying VCS configuration to use I/O fencing
    • Verifying I/O fencing configuration
    • Removing permissions for communication
• 6. Verifying the VCS installation
  • About verifying the VCS installation
  • About the LLT and GAB configuration files
  • About the VCS configuration file main.cf
    • Sample main.cf file for VCS clusters
    • Sample main.cf file for global clusters
  • Verifying the LLT, GAB, and VCS configuration files
  • Verifying LLT, GAB, and cluster operation
    • Verifying LLT
    • Verifying GAB
    • Verifying the cluster
    • Verifying the cluster nodes
• 7. Adding and removing cluster nodes
  • About adding and removing nodes
  • Adding a node to a cluster
    • Setting up the hardware
    • Preparing for a manual installation when adding a node
    • Installing VCS RPMs for a manual installation
    • Adding a license key
    • Setting up the node to run in secure mode
    • Configuring LLT and GAB
    • Adding the node to the existing cluster
    • Starting VCS and verifying the cluster
  • Removing a node from a cluster
    • Verifying the status of nodes and service groups
    • Deleting the departing node from VCS configuration
    • Modifying configuration files on each remaining node
    • Removing security credentials from the leaving node
    • Unloading LLT and GAB and removing VCS on the departing node
• 8. Installing VCS on a single node
  • About installing VCS on a single node
  • Creating a single-node cluster using the installer program
    • Preparing for a single node installation
    • Starting the installer for the single node cluster
  • Creating a single-node cluster manually
    • Setting the path variable for a manual single node installation
    • Installing the VCS software manually on a single node
    • Renaming the LLT and GAB startup files
    • Modifying the startup files
    • Verifying single-node operation
  • Adding a node to a single-node cluster
    • Setting up a node to join the single-node cluster
    • Installing and configuring Ethernet cards for private network
    • Configuring the shared storage
    • Bringing up the existing node
    • Installing the VCS software manually when adding a node to a single node cluster
    • Configuring LLT
    • Configuring GAB when adding a node to a single node cluster
    • Starting LLT and GAB
    • Reconfiguring VCS on the existing node
    • Verifying configuration on both nodes
• 9. Uninstalling VCS
  • About the uninstallvcs program
  • Preparing to uninstall VCS
  • Uninstalling VCS 5.0 RU3
    • Removing VCS 5.0 RU3 RPMs
    • Running uninstallvcs from the VCS 5.0 RU3 disc
• A. Advanced VCS installation topics
  • Using the UDP layer for LLT
    • When to use LLT over UDP
    • Configuring LLT over UDP
  • Performing automated VCS installations
    • Syntax in the response file
    • Example response file
    • Response file variable definitions
  • Installing VCS with a response file where ssh or rsh are disabled
• Index